Improvement in marking stock



NTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. DEVIN, OF O'ITUMWA, IOWA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,127, dated April 24,1866.

To all ywhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DEVIN, of Ottumwa, in the county ofWapello and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stock-Marks; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature ot" my invention consists in the employment of a smalllabeled plate secured to the ear ofthe animal by means of a headedrivet, the peculiar nat-ure of which will be hereinafter described.

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, A representsa plate or disk which has inscribed upon its outer face the name andresidence of the party owning the animal, or any other information whichit may be desirable for it to contain. This plate or disk is providedwith a small hole at its center for receiving the end of a rivet.

a represents a small rivet which is provided at one end with a headwhich is made Hat 011 its inner face. This rivet is made sufficientlylong to extend through the ear ofthe animal.

The rivet has near its outer end a shoulder formed upon it, the end ofsaid rivet being made smaller than its body. The small end of the rivetpasses through the opening` or hole in the center of the plate or diskA. Said plate or disk,iitting snugly against the shoulder upon therivet, is always separated from the tlat head ot' the rivet the requireddistance.

When it is desired to secure this .label upon an animal the ear is firstperforated with a small punch, the rivet is then inserted from theinside of the ear, and the plate A placed upon its end being upon theoutside of the ear. -The end of the rivet is then clinched,`

and the label thus permanently secured to the animal.

It will readily be seen that when the rivet is made sufficiently longbetween its shoulder and its head to pass through the ear that the earwill be free from all pressure after the end ofthe rivet has beenclinched. The length of the rivet will, ot' course, vary with thethickness ot' the ear of the animal it is intended to be used upon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'Ihe rivet a, provided with a head and shoulder, as described, when usedwith the label or plateAfor the purpose ot' marking stock, substantiallyas described.

GEORGE W. DEVIN.

W itnesses:

C. M. ALEXANDER, J. M. MASON.

